Retro Fanfic Retrospective RFR
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- TV & Film
Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.
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Episode 170: Kino's Journey - the nature of uncarved blocks
We make a two-night visit to the fandom of Kino's Journey to read "the nature of uncarved blocks." It's a short piece that explores Kino's transgender journey. (See what I did there?) We get sidetracked overanalyzing the use of parenthesis. Kino is Kino.
Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/88265 -
Episode 169: Halo Reach - A Fistful of Arrows
Elite commando fanfic readers Della and Amado read a fancomic that skirts right up to the edge of being official but doesn't quite cross that line. Spartan sharpshooter Jun has some issues that he needs to work through. Della has some Halo lore to talk about. And most importantly, Covenant soldiers get blown up by some sticky grenades.
Link to the comic, where (and we cannot stress this enough) the PDF file is available from the lower-right corner of the page: https://leviathan.bungie.org/flip.html -
Episode 168: Aliens - Far Across the Stars
The magic of Yuletide brings us this delightful pitch for a replacement for Alien 3, in which Ripley becomes a pirate, Hicks sells out, and it turns out the REAL facehugger was Capitalism all along.
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Episode 167: Pokemon - Butterfree
We try not to think about the Pocket Monsters we've left in the box for the last 20 years as we read a love story between a trainer and their huge flying bug with psychic powers. While we're at it, we argue over what happens to Pokemon while they're in their balls, and which interpretation is the most disturbing.
Link to the story: https://forums.serebii.net/threads/butterfree-one-shot-g.557311/ -
RFR Special Episode - Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really
Tory and Amado went to see a play that is a fanfic, and now we talk about it! It's a retelling of Dracula where the REAL evil is patriarchy. And also, uh, vampires. Neither of those things are good.
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Episode 166: Lord of the Rings - The Last Ringbearer, Part I
The world is changed; we feel it in the cold, harsh light of 2024. But fear not: we swoop back in from our hiatus like eucatastrophic eagles to discuss the first section of Mordor apologia The Last Ringbearer. Aragorn and Gandalf are the worst, Saruman and the Nazgul are pretty cool, and Sauron is just some guy. Also, the author would like you to know that proper irrigation is essential for sustainable agriculture.
Link to the translation: https://archive.org/details/TheLastRingbearerSecondEdition